Improvement in lantern-frame



' R. s. LAIRD.

Lantern.

No. 46,114. v Patented Jany v31, 1865.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OrFICE.

.ROBERT S. LAIRD, OF SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.

` IMPROVEMENT IN LANTEFtN-FRAME.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,1l4, dated January31, 1865.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. LAIRD, of Sandwich, in the county of DeKalb and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement,in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilledin .the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which-Figure lis an elevation ot' a lantern with my improvement applied to it;Fig. 2, a horizont-al section ot' the same, taken in the line x a'. Fig.1.

Similar letters ot reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in' the guards ot" the lantern,whereby the iorrner may be adjusted or turned down, so as to expose theglobe and render the saine accessible for cleaning, and also admit, incase ot' a globe being broken, of a new one being inrerted in thelantern with facility. To this end I onstruct the guard in two parts,the wires being attachedat their upper and lower ends to sernit-,ircularbars, th e lower ones bein g connected to the base ofthe 1an tern by hinges or joints, and the upper ends being secured to the top ot' thelantern by catches, all arranged as hereinat'ter shown and described, sothat the guards may be readily adjusted to encompass the globe when thelantern is in use, and readily turned down to expose the globe when thelatter is to be cleaned or a new one inserted in the lantern.

A represents the wire guards, B the ltase, O the top and D the glassglobe, of a lantern. The wire guards A are attached at their lower` endsto semicircular bars E E, which are connected at their centers to thebase B by joints or hinges d, and the upper ends of said wire guards areconnected at their upper ends to semicircular bars F F, which, when thewire guards are adjusted in position, encompass the top O, and are heldin place by 'catches G G, as shown clearly in Fig. l. 1n order to exposethe globe D, the catches G are drawn up so as to free the bars F, andthe guards A may be turned down, as shown in red in Fig. 1, so as toexpose the globe D, and the latter may be cleaned with the greatestfacility, and, it broken, readily detached and a new one inserted in'itsplace. The catches G inay be constructed and arranged in any proper way.Vertical slides b, beveled at one side ot' their lower edges, fitted incases c, with spiral springs fitted on them, will answer a good purpose.(See Fig. l.)

I clainl as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The wire guardsA, attached at their lower ends to semicircular bars E E, which are oon-'neeted to the base B ot' the lantern by hinges or joints t and attachedat their upper ends to semicircular bars F F, which are secured to thetop C by catches G G, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

ROBERT S. LAIRD. Witnesses W. L. SMMoNs, ENooH DARNELL.

